Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1871 — LOCAL MATTERS. [ARTICLE]

LOCAL MATTERS.

Tttursday, August 31st, 1871.

Good Cigars still to be bad at'tho Post Ofliec. A long desired shower of rain fell here Monday much to the gratification of everybody. Cheap bargains at J. I. Pureupllo & Co.'s on and after Saturday. Pied, August 2Mh, Gertie, daughter of K. S. and Fannie T. Dwiggins, aged two years and nine months. It will bo dinieult to compete with the tow prices at J. I. Purcupile & Co.’s. \ Mrs. E. P. Hammond has tho thanks of this o.flico for six bunches of most excellent grapes, of the Delaware, Concord and Hartford varieties. L. Hopkins is offering "genuine bargains" in all kinds of {foots, Shoes and Slippers, at tho old corner. Tho Conference of tho sect calling themselves “Tho Church of God" in this plaoe last week was slimly attended. Fall and winter styles of Women’s Slippers, Children’s Slices, and Boots just received at L. Hopkins.’ Wo saw Mr. William Willmorc in town this week with as fine looking sweet potatoes as grow north 'of the Ohio-river. They sold for §2.per bushel. Tho stock of Boots and Shoes at Hopkins’ Corner, near the bridge, is fall and complete, aud the prices are always the lowest. Died in Gillam township, Jasper county, August 28th, 1871, of diptheria, Mary Victoria, daughter of Paris C. and Sarah A. Freshour, aged 8 years and 3 months. J. I. Purcupile & Co. buy-Boots aadShoes direct from the manufacturers, thus saving the profits of two or three middlemen, and 6f course can sell cheaper than those who buy of jobbers. Tho Trustees of Weston Cemetery have had the grass, weeds and grubs with.winch it was overgro\vn cut down, very much improving tho appearance of the grounds. 1 J. I. Purcupile & Co. will be glad to see all their old friends and as many new customers as wish to examine their new stock of beautiful Dress Goods, Culiocfits, Muslins, Boots, Shoes, &c. Mr. W. S. Grant is prepared to furnish fresh burnt lime in any tjuantily debired at his kiln, two 1 miles below Rensselaor, on the Bunkum road. J. I. Purcupile & Co. have made extensive and expensive repairs upon tlieir store room, and have filled it up with a brand new stock of goods which will be sold at the very lowest figures. The members of tho Methodist Episcopal Church at Rensselaer are making strenuous efforts to secure a respectable subscription salary to induce a talented minister to locale them. May their efforts be sucfiessful. r* Prints and Muslins in good supply —bought before the late rise—to be sold at old prices at Ij. Hopkins’s, where it will be the object to mako it the interest of all present customers to continue their patronage aud also for others to sharo their trade with him. Mr. Thomas J. Spitlcr this'week brought us a bunch of lona grapes that weighed 14$ ounces, grown in his garden in Rensselaer; who can heat them? Ho also has our thanks for several fine pears. Best quality of envelopes and paper for business men kept on hand and neatly printed to order, at this office. AVo furnish printed envelopes and letter paper, equal in quality and printing, cheaper than they Can be obtained from abroad after adding transportation charges. Up to yesterday afternoon there hafj k° cu tho assessments of the Kankakee Valley Draining Company in tho Jasper Circuit Court, and 23 in tho Common Fleas Court. It is probable that by this evening almost nil whose lands in this county are affected will have hied their appeals. During tho August mouth of dog days marriage licenses were issued by 1 the county clerk to the follow-, ing parties: John R. Tyler and Mary Clonse. Crawford Cheek and Ruby Spangler. William Day and Martha J. Walters. Isaac R, Lewis and Margaret J. McKinney. About as pleasant a drive as there is in this vicinity is down to Mr. Nagel’s farm on the two-milo prairie. Three years ago his farm was unimproved land, now he has on it a comfortable dwelling, good fences, fine orops and quite an extensive young nursery ot apple, poach and evergreen trees, together with thrifty hedge plants, and. the largest assortment of roads in constant bloom in the county. His j flower garden will delight any person who. loves the beautiful.

Dr. A. Gregg, of China, East Indies, Sundwioh Islands, West Indies, California and other cannibal lands, will tell what he knows abou£ tho Heathen Chinee, at tho Court House this evening, for £5 -cents per poll. Dr. Gregg’s lecture at Remington', last Tuesday evening, is vory highly spoken of by those who tycard hitu at'tHat place. M. F. Chilcoto, Esq., goes up*to Laportc next week to servo the notices of appeals taken by the owners of lands assessed by tho Kankakee Valley Draining Company. As ho has been in tho employ of that corporation it is presumed that ho is aswell or better posted concerning tho haunts and dives of its members as any person in Jasper county and in conscqucnco will have less difficulty in performing service upon them.